On Tue, 23 May 2000, David Murphy wrote:
> Yes, it is a business, so it's pointless spending money on an Ultra 10
> or a Powerbook purely for realism when you can buy an old 386 desktop
> or 286 notebook and achieve the same look.
i think it's more a case of the special fx dept being told "we want some
fancy computer display" and the special fx dept. just goes and hacks
something up with what they use anyway.. hence the prominence of SGI and
Apple in Hollywood films.
--paulj
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